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Ballard Spahr LLP

2019 NLR Thought Leadership Award Ballard SpahrResponsiveness counts. That's what clients tell us, and that's what we're known for. It shows in everything we do: devising forward-thinking solutions to get the best results, respecting and meeting clients' service needs, anticipating the impact of national events and legal developments on clients' interests, and taking action to keep clients agile and informed.

With more than 500 attorneys in 13 offices, we can respond wherever and whenever our clients need us. We provide results-driven counsel and exceptional service in Litigation, Business and Finance, Real Estate, Intellectual Property, and Public Finance.

Diversity + Inclusion at Ballard Spahr

Our clients are best served by innovative solutions that spring from varied viewpoints and perspectives. Ballard Spahr is committed to creating a vibrant community where the needs, perspectives, and contributions of people from all backgrounds are valued and integrated into all aspects of the firm. In addition to making us a stronger firm, a diverse and inclusive community is valuable to our clients because varied perspectives drive insightful counsel.

We believe diversity is the natural result of an inclusive environment. Our goal is to improve employee recruitment and retention among underrepresented groups and ensure full access to opportunity for all individuals to the benefit of our clients, the legal profession, and our communities. That’s more than just a good business strategy—it is the right thing to do.

Associate
Andrew I. Almand concentrates his practice on real estate financing, including multifamily housing transactions financed conventionally and with tax-exempt bonds and loans, agency,…
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Associate
Joseph P. Anderson III is a member of the Mechanical Technologies (including Medical Device and Ornamental Design) Team in the firm's Patents Group. He has particular experience in advising…
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Associate
Katherine J. Atkinson represents public and private employers in employment litigation involving claims under federal and state law. Her practice also focuses on counseling employers on a…
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Partner
David L. Axelrod is a former Supervisory Trial Counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Philadelphia Regional Office and a former federal prosecutor. At the SEC, he…
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Partner
Kimberly C. Betterton focuses on federal tax laws and regulations involving tax-exempt bonds and exempt organizations. Ms. Betterton works on numerous types of tax-favored transactions,…
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Associate
Ethan Birnberg represents clients across several industries, from middle market companies operating in the shale oil and energy industries, to RV park owners and luxury cruise tour…
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Partner
David J. Bodney, a litigator focusing on media and constitutional law, is Co-Practice Leader of the firm's Media and Entertainment Law Group. David has defended print, broadcast, and…
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Partner
Jason D. Boren is an experienced litigator at both the trial and appellate levels. His litigation practice focuses on complex civil and business litigation disputes involving a wide variety…
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Partner
Chad R. Bowman's practice as a counselor and litigator focuses on working with new and legacy media organizations, as well as other nonprofit and for-profit entities engaged in public…
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Partner
Jay Ward Brown has been representing news and entertainment companies for more than two decades. He has litigated libel, privacy, copyright, subpoena, and access matters in the U.S. Supreme…
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Associate
Michael P. Cianfichi litigates federal and state court matters across several practice areas, including housing, construction, employment, accessibility, real estate, and commercial law.…
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Associate
Christopher T. Cognato advises public and private employers on a range of labor and employment issues and represents them in litigation and administrative proceedings. His experience…
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Partner
For 25 years, Scott Coleman has represented banks and bank holding companies in connection with mergers, stock purchase transactions, branch purchase and assumption transactions, capital…
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Partner
Brendan K. Collins is Practice Leader of the firm's Manufacturing Group. He is an environmental lawyer who devotes his practice primarily to clients in the electric power sector and the oil…
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Partner
Patrick Compton is a trial attorney with a practice focused on complex banking, real estate, and environmental litigation matters.
He represents financial institutions, private lenders,…
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Partner
Desmond D. Connall, Jr. is a partner in Ballard's Washington, D.C. and Baltimore offices, and heads the Leasing Team in the firm's Real Estate Practice Group. He concentrates his practice…
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Senior Counsel
Jeffrey R. Davine focuses on federal and local taxation, tax planning, and estate planning issues, including pass-through entities, business transactions, real estate taxation, certain …
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Of Counsel
Franc Del Fosse has advised companies on transactional and business matters for nearly 20 years and has significant experience representing public and private companies in complex…
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Associate
Ashley E. DeLuca focuses her practice on all aspects of transactional real estate work, including the acquisition, disposition, and development of retail, industrial, office, multifamily,…
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Associate
Lindsay C. Demaree is an associate in the firm's Litigation Department focusing on consumer financial services litigation and commercial litigation involving real estate, insurance, and…
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Associate
Fred G. DeRitis is a member of the firm’s Litigation Department. While interning at the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, Mr. DeRitis authored a number of reports for merger…
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Associate
Michael A. DiGiacomo focuses his practice on commercial litigation and corporate restructuring. Michael represents diverse clients, including REIT's, secured lenders, commercial landlords,…
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Associate
A client-focused litigator and enforcement attorney, with extensive experience in the financial-services, technology, and real estate industries. Theodore R. ("Teddy") Flo represents…
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Partner
Chris Ford has led some of the country's largest and most innovative Fintech and payment systems transactions. Chris advises clients—among them Fortune 100 companies, merchants, and…
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Partner
David S. Fryman is a member of Ballard Spahr's Labor and Employment Group. David represents employers in all types of labor and employment matters, including labor arbitrations, employment…
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Partner
Mark J. Furletti focuses on federal and state consumer lending and payments laws, including those that apply to payment cards, vehicle-secured loans, lines of credit, unsecured loans, and…
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Partner
M. Norman Goldberger is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Securities Enforcement and Corporate Governance Litigation Group. Norman concentrates on complex commercial matters, including…
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Associate
Amber Gonzales, a former Ballard Spahr Summer Associate, worked in education before entering law school. As a program facilitator at a large urban high school in Dallas, she implemented a…
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Associate
Noah Goodman drafts federal court memoranda and position statements before administrative agencies. He also conducts research and advises employers on issues related to restrictive…
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Associate
Mary Cate Gordon represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. Her employment litigation experience includes defending wage and hour, harassment, discrimination,…
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Associate
Michael G. Greenfield is an associate in the firm's Litigation Department who focuses his practice on labor and employment matters. He represents employers before federal, state, and local…
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Attorney
Michael G. Greenfield is an associate in the firm's Litigation Department who focuses his practice on labor and employment matters. He represents employers before federal, state, and local…
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Partner
Charles S. Henck counsels clients on the tax attributes related to a variety of capital infrastructure projects, including a range of tax credits, energy credits, and Treasury grants. Mr.…
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Associate
Peter W. Hennessey is an experienced corporate and securities attorney who represents public and private companies, investment banks, and venture capital firms in a broad range of capital…
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Partner
Reid F. Herlihy provides regulatory and transactional advice for clients on a range of issues involving state and federal consumer finance laws. Reid counsels mortgage companies, servicers…
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Partner
Henry E. Hockeimer, Jr., is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's White Collar Defense/Internal Investigations Group. Hank's practice focuses on white collar criminal defense and…
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Associate
Matthew Howard represents and advises bank and nonbank lenders and other financial institutions on a variety of federal and state matters, including litigation and enforcement actions…
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Associate
Alice Huang is a transactional attorney who counsels publicly-traded and privately-held companies on mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, securities matters, corporate…
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Partner
Leslie E. John is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Antitrust Group. Leslie concentrates on antitrust and complex litigation, and she has represented clients—many of them in the…
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Partner
Daniel V. Johns is the Leader of Ballard Spahr's Higher Education Group and is a member of the firm's Labor and Employment Group. Mr. Johns represents and advises employers and management…
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Of Counsel
Steven Johnson is a litigator who focuses on environmental and land-use issues. He is the former Principal Counsel for the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).
Steve has…
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Christopher A. Jones is a contract attorney who advises clients on a wide range of federal, state, and local tax matters. His practice includes advising clients regarding the tax…
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Associate
G'Nece Jones focuses her practice on employee benefit and executive compensation matters. Prior to joining the firm, G'Nece worked as a benefits advisor for the Department of Labor's…
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Associate
Matthew E. Kelley advises and represents media companies, journalists, filmmakers, bloggers, and other content creators in a wide range of legal issues. His experience in state and federal…
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Attorney
Christopher J. Kelly is an attorney in Ballard Spahr's Labor and Employment group. Chris has represented both public and private employers in a broad range of litigated matters, including…
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Partner
John G. Kerkorian is Managing Partner of the Phoenix office. He has wide-ranging civil litigation experience, with emphasis on disputes involving contract breaches, business torts,…
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Associate
Justin Kerner is an associate in the Litigation Department. He handles complex commercial cases in state and federal courts, including class actions and single-plaintiff litigation…
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Partner
Denise M. Keyser has more than 30 years of experience representing national, regional, and locally based businesses in labor and employment matters, including traditional labor law (such as…
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Of Counsel
Mr. Kim advises companies and individuals in matters involving financial regulation and litigation, and the myriad of federal consumer financial laws, such as Title X of Dodd-Frank (UDAAP…
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Senior Counsel
Lee Levine has represented media clients in libel, invasion of privacy, reporter’s privilege, access, copyright, and related First Amendment cases for more than 35 years. In the U.S.…
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Associate
Jenna M. Loadman concentrates her practice on trademark and copyright matters, including counseling, prosecution, enforcement, and portfolio management. Prior to joining Ballard, Ms.…
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Partner
Jim Lockhart represents businesses in complex litigation involving commercial disputes, real estate and construction, and antitrust cases. His trial practice experience in state and federal…
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Partner
Darin Lowder focuses on energy, project finance, project development, and related tax and public financing tools. Darin has worked with lenders, utilities, energy project developers, tax…
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Partner
Amy M. McClain represents public housing authorities and affordable housing developers in the context of mixed-finance transactions. Amy closes affordable housing transactions involving a…
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Associate
Chantelle McClamb concentrates on bankruptcy law and business reorganizations, including creditors' rights and preference defense. She represents creditors and assignees in actions filed in…
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Partner
Timothy F. McCormack concentrates on commercial creditors in insolvency actions, particularly those involving distressed real estate, and on private-sector employment law on behalf of…
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Of Counsel
Michelle McGeogh has extensive experience in real estate litigation on behalf of property owners, investors, and developers. Michelle is experienced in a diverse range of real estate and…
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Partner
Daniel JT McKenna devotes his practice to privacy and data security, consumer financial services, and mortgage banking litigation.
Mr. McKenna's privacy practice focuses on new product and…
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Senior Counsel
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., is the Leader of Ballard Spahr's Climate Change and Sustainability Initiative. Mr. McKinstry rejoined the firm in 2007 after a six-year term as the Maurice K.…
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Partner
Robert Penchina concentrates his practice in intellectual property, media, sports, entertainment, and gambling law. He counsels news organizations, television networks, publishers, sports…
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Associate
Jenny N. Perkins regularly handles complex commercial litigation, with particular experience in consumer finance litigation and defending individual and class action lawsuits brought by…
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Of Counsel
Kim Phan writes and speaks frequently about privacy and data security issues for a variety of industries, including consumer financial services, retail, hospitality, higher education, and…
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Senior Counsel
Celeste Phillips has represented journalists for four decades, concentrating her practice in defamation, privacy, and related media litigation and counseling for daily newspapers, magazines…
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Associate
Gina M. Pickerrell is an associate in the Real Estate Department, and is a member of the firm's Privacy and Data Security Group. As a law student, Gina participated in the full-year…
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Partner
Brian M. Pinheiro is Chair of Ballard Spahr's Business and Finance Department and the Practice Leader of the firm's Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group. He is also a member…
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Partner
Michele J. Rowland is an experienced corporate attorney, having closed more than $1 billion in M&A and financing transactions in the last year. Michele represents large- and middle-…
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Attorney
Ms. Roy focuses her practice on white collar defense, regulatory compliance and complex civil litigation. She conducts internal investigations and advises and defends companies and…
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Associate
Stacy H. Rubin represents financial institutions, creditors, and related entities on commercial litigation matters involving consumer finance, mortgage banking, bankruptcy, and real estate…
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Partner
Burt M. Rublin is the Practice Leader of the firm's Appellate Group. Mr. Rublin has a diverse practice, and for more than 35 years, he has successfully handled numerous significant…
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Partner
John L. Ruppert focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate and commercial finance, business combinations, reorganizations, recapitalizations, restructurings, and…
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Partner
Lynn E. Rzonca is the Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr's Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Ms. Rzonca has 25 years of experience litigating trademark, advertising, copyright, and…
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Associate
Jacquelyn N. Schell is an associate in the firm's Litigation Department. She focuses on First Amendment litigation, representing media and non-media clients in matters including defamation…
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Senior Counsel
David A. Schulz has defended the rights of journalists and news organizations for more than 35 years, litigating libel, privacy, access, and newsgathering claims in 20 states.
His regular…
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From startup financing to public offerings, our Securities and Capital Markets Group advises private and public companies through all stages of development and capital-raising activities.…
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Of Counsel
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Seidlin-Bernstein's practice focuses on defamation, privacy, and intellectual property counseling and litigation. She regularly provides prepublication and prebroadcast…
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Associate
Sylvia O. Semper is a litigator and devotes her practice to assisting clients in the financial services and mortgage banking industries at both the state and federal level through all…
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Associate
Justin A. Shiroff’s practice is concentrated in commercial litigation (with an emphasis on consumer financial services litigation), as well as healthcare law and data privacy/cybersecurity…
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Of Counsel
Andrew Toftey advises financial institutions, financial technology companies, merchant processors and other payment providers on legal and regulatory matters, including commercial and…
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Associate
Mary Treanor focuses her practice on representing energy and commodity companies, financial institutions and trade associations in a variety of regulatory, compliance, litigation, and…
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Partner
Glen P. Trudel is a consumer financial services, banking, and business attorney who counsels financial institutions, marketplace lenders, "fintech" entities, and other companies on both…
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Partner
Vicky Tsilas focuses on the tax aspects of tax-exempt and tax-credit bond transactions and issues related to tax exempt organizations. She represents nonprofit organizations as borrowers…
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Associate
Kristel Tupja is an associate in the Intellectual Property Department. She focuses her practice on domestic and international trademark portfolio management, as well as trademark and…
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Partner
Harry Weiss is Practice Leader of Ballard Spahr’s Environment and Natural Resources Group, and administers the group’s practice across the country.
He provides an array of clients with…
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Associate
Alicia M. Went is an associate in Ballard Spahr's Tax Group. She advises clients on a wide range of tax issues, including the organization, operation, and reorganization of partnerships,…
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Associate
Jacob Westlund assists banks, bank holding companies, and financial institutions with a range of matters, including transactions, commercial lending, bank lifecycle developments, regulatory…
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John C. Wheatley represents banks and affordable housing lenders in real estate finance transactions. He acts as lender's counsel for complex multimillion-dollar multifamily new…
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Senior Policy Advisor
Sherry Harper Widicus is a goal-oriented government affairs professional with an MBA and 20 years of experience devising and implementing federal legislative, political, and communication…
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Associate
Kahlil Williams is a litigation associate who represents companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation, government and internal investigations, and regulatory proceedings. He…
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